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pro⋅claim

  [proh-kleym, pruh-]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
2. to announce or declare in an open or ostentatious way: to proclaim one's opinions.
3. to indicate or make known publicly or openly.
4. to extol or praise publicly: Let them proclaim the Lord.
5. to declare (a territory, district, etc.) subject to particular legal restrictions.
6. to declare to be an outlaw, evildoer, or the like.
7. to denounce or prohibit publicly.
–verb (used without object)
8. to make a proclamation.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L prōclāmāre to cry out. See pro- 1 , claim

Related forms:
pro⋅claim⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. advertise. See announce. 2. promulgate.
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pro·claim   (prō-klām', prə-)   
tr.v.   pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims
  1. To announce officially and publicly; declare. See Synonyms at announce.
  2. To indicate conspicuously; make plain: wearing a button that proclaimed my choice for president.
  3. To praise; extol.

[Middle English proclamen, proclaimen (influenced by claimen, to claim), from Old French proclamer, from Latin prōclāmāre : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + clāmāre, to cry out; see kelə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
pro·claim'er n., pro·clam'a·to'ry (prō-klām'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Proclaim

Pro*claim"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proclaimed; p. pr. & vb. n. Proclaiming.] [OE. proclamen, L. proclamare; pro before, forward + clamare to call or cry out: cf. F. proclamer. See Claim.]

1. To make known by public announcement; to give wide publicity to; to publish abroad; to promulgate; to declare; as, to proclaim war or peace.

To proclaim liberty to the captives. --Isa. lxi. 1.

For the apparel oft proclaims the man. --Shak.

Throughout the host proclaim A solemn council forthwith to be held. --Milton.

2. To outlaw by public proclamation.

I heard myself proclaimed. --Shak.

Syn: To publish; promulgate; declare; announce. See Announce.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : proclaim
Spanish: proclamar,
German: verkünden,
Japanese: 宣言する
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proclaim 
c.1400, from L. proclamare "cry or call out," from pro- "forth" + clamare "to cry out" (see claim). Proclamation "that which is proclaimed" is recorded from 1415.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: pro·claim
Pronunciation: prO-'klAm
Function: transitive verb
: to declare or declare to be solemnly, officially, or formally <proclaim an amnesty> <proclaim the country a republic>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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